Rakers ii, 12+17, 11, lanceolate, longest 1¢ in 
eye; filements 2/3 of rakers. Head scaly; all fins more 
or less covered with small scales; basal radiating striae 
5 to 73 apical denticles 80 to 110; circuli moderate; 
leteral line arched moderately, concurrent with dorsal 
profile, spoles about midway along caudal peduncle side; 
gimple small tubes well exposed, Third dorwa | spine 
14 to 14 in head; first dorsal ray 11/3 to 13; third enel 
spine 3 1/10 to 44; first anal ray l¢ to 1 4/5; caudal 
deeply forked, slender pointed lobes elongate, upper 1 1/5 
to 1 1/3; Pectoral 1 1/5 to l#; filaments 7, extend beyond 
depressed pectoral and ventral, but not quite to anal origin; 
ventral’. 
volor in alcohol dull brown generally, apparently stained, 
Lower surfaces paler. Fins brownish. Dorsals with dusky brown 
minute dots in outer surfaces, former slightly darker. Ventral, 
anal, and caudel brownish, first with smutty appearance, Pec- 
toral largely with dusky-lavender tinge. Filements whitish, 
Length 145 to 285 mm, Two from Rio Janeiro, We also have ex~ 
amined three in the Academy from Santo Domingo, and include 
them above, 
Polydactylus sexfilis(Valenciennes). 
Head 3 1/3 to 34; depth 3 to 3 1/10; D.VIII - I, 1%, 1; 
A. III, 11, 13; scales 58 to 64 in laterai line to caudal base; 
